If we're nudging folks to a good listen, may I suggest a show from Brent's 1st fall tour. According to SetlistProgram, in their entire history, GD played 28 shows with both Franklin's Tower (FT) and Dancin' in the Streets (DITS). Of those, three shows have FT>DITS (pre-Brent), and two shows have DITS>FT(with Brent), the first of the second grouping which happened to be my first show. When I first met John Dwork at a Compendium Book signing, he asked me what my first show was, and when I told him, he immediately responded, "Ohh, the killer Dancin'>Franklin's." It's not too hard to find with these clues, but if you don't know it already, you might have to do a little digging, just in case you had a little extra time on your hands and today's or tomorrow's scavenger hunt was/becomes too easy.

Years ago a trip to Clearwater beach Florida helped me get my hands on the second set bootleg of 7-13-84, and have always enjoyed, even though the audio is not very good.

If you would like some more Brent suggestion 4-29-84 is greeeeaaat. Terrapin > Jam > Don't Need Love > Drums > Space > Truckin' > Stella Blue. There is also some feedback before Truckin'. The Jam > Don't Need Love is awesome.

Since we are talking about rarities, how about a Gentlemen Start Your Engines, Believe It Or Not, Mountains of the Moon, Rosemary, Clementine, or California Earthquake download. November is almost over !!

A big amen for Believe It Or Not (and Mountains.... I love prog rock, though I hate that term). But Believe is SUCH a beautiful song, why in God's name did they play ANY of Brent's tunes when they could have pulled that out? By they I mean the band, though the question is just as apropos for the folks deciding on the tunestack for 30 DoD.

I had never heard this one either, and it's a most welcome diamond in the rough. It doesn't really seem like a new tune, but Brent was working on something, maybe even improvising at times, that thankfully the band never polished up. Very dark! I cracked up this morning as Billy and Mickey seem to just be tapping their drums not knowing where Brent's going, and then teared up as I pictured Brent bent way over the keys lost in emotion.

I'd never heard this song before, or even heard of it. Funny how after all this time, there's still new stuff to find. Don't get me wrong, it's not like the first time I heard Terrapin, but pretty cool that in 2013, there's a song from the '80's that I had no idea existed.

Someone noted, below, that the full name of the venue isn't included on the drop down list. Everyone called it by its short name, but it did have a longer one. It's the same place, though its gone now. Bulldozed. Saw my first rock concert there - Emerson, Lake & Palmer! Lots of fond memories of an iffy building. Weirdly, the parking lot was on top. One had to drive up a spiral entrance tower that deposited cars into a multilevel parking lot that sat on the roof.

Bobby opens up the second set withn something to the effect of, "The roof leaks here. If you can prove that you're sitting under one of the leaks by showing your ticket stub, you get a free T shirt of your choosing"
Hey Now!

i was trying to find that again last night and post a comment on it. couldn't remember where i saw it. came across it the other day while looking for esau. some great yet sad history there. interesting to read comments from people who were at the show. like the part where jer figures out whats going on and comes out to the rescue with a going down the road. helpin a brother out. miss them both. hope their jammin out together at that great big gig in the sky.

A rumor Ive been told in the past is that Brent wrote all these commercials...Ill play the fool today. Lol, love you Brent!
Monday morning give-me, I'll take it. Holy crap its the 25th!
We are in the home stretch. Time waits for no man!

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